The Quarter-final matches of the 2017 GTBank Masters
Cup (Season 6) are set to hold on Thursday the 11th and Friday the
12th of May, 2017 at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos.
The knock-out phase of the prestigious football
tournament will feature 8 games that will see the last 16 teams in both the
male and female categories of the competition continue their quest to clinch
the highly coveted trophy. This season has already produced an exciting array
of football skills and talent, and the quarter-final games are sure to raise
that excitement with eye-catching match ups.
The girls will kick off the quarter finals on
Thursday with Greensprings School, Lekki playing against Methodist Girls High
School, Yaba, while Ansar-Ud-Deen Girls High School, Itire plays the second
game of the day against Dowen College, Lekki. The Greensprings male team will
play against Eko Boys High School, Mushin in an afternoon fixture, while the
game between Kings College, Lagos and Anwar-Ul-Islam College, Agege wraps up
the day.
On Friday, the female teams will again set the ball
rolling with a match-up between Jibril Martin Memorial Grammar School, Iponri
and Ansar-Ud-Deen College, Isolo. In the second game, the defending champions
Queens College, Yaba will seek to retain the trophy when they meet
International School, Akoka. The afternoon games will pitch Jubril Martin
Memorial Grammar School, Iponri against St. Gregory’s College, Ikoyi, and St.
Finbarr’s College, Akoka against International School, all in the male category.
Seven out of the sixteen teams that will be playing
in the quarter finals have won the tournament in the past and will be looking
to repeat the feat. Three schools, Jubril Martins Memorial Grammar School,
Iponri, International School Lagos, and Greensprings Schools, Lekki, will field
both male and female contingents for the first time in this phase of the
competition.
Established in 2012, the GTBank Masters Cup is an
annual football competition for first generation and private secondary schools
in Lagos State, to promote camaraderie and foster friendliness amongst
competing schools.
Commenting on the competition, Segun Agbaje, the Managing
Director of Guaranty Trust Bank plc, said “We are proud to lead this initiative
that provides an avenue for students to showcase their talents and passion for
the game of football even as they remain committed to their academics.” He
further stated that “This competition paves the way for youths to cultivate
their sporting talents and aptitudes, while fostering and building a healthier
lifestyle at a critical stage in their lives”.
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